5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Janie De Coster, author of Frienemies: A Line Between Love and Hate

February 7, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Janie De Coster, author of Frienemies: A Line Between Love and Hate (J Burrage Publications, LLC) Natasha Jacobs is a successful young woman who works for one of Atlanta’s most successful marketing firms, Emerson & Stuckey. Sloan Stevens is an ambitious young man working his way up [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Denetra K. Alexander, author of Sad, But True

February 6, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Denetra K. Alexander, author of Sad, But True (CreateSpace/Amazon) Sad, But True is a compilation of short stories that carry you on a trip through love, laughter, hurt, pain, dating, confusion and even domestic violence, with a strong dose of empathy and life lessons learned. Our characters [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kevin Aregbe, author of Kevo: Absence of Color

February 5, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kevin Aregbe, author of Kevo: Absence of Color (Createspace) Kevo, who was on Fox news “From Inmate to Entrepreneur” has written a book based on miseducation to America. The book explains the influence and lies of the European education system. Kevo also has powerful and inspirational advice [...]

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Black History Month – Bobby Brown – New Jack Swing – Music Pioneer

February 5, 2012

New Edition’s Bobby Brown was born Robert Barisford Brown on born February 5, 1969. This R&B singer/songwriter/rapper/dancer began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits after success in pop group New Edition. He was also a pioneer of the New Jack Swing movement and is the ex-husband of [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nakia R. Laushaul, author of Running from Solace

February 4, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Nakia R. Laushaul, author of Running from Solace (Serendipity Bound Books) Running from Solace is a heartfelt story about Naomi, a young girl that is being physically and emotionally abused by her mother and her mother’s boyfriend. Eventually, she is taken out of the home and sent [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Paul Collins, author of Mack Dunstan’s Inferno

February 4, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Paul Collins, author of Mack Dunstan’s Inferno (iUniverse) Mack Dunstan’s Inferno is about a Charlton-Heston-type character who succumbed to Alzheimer’s, descended into hell and met victims of his pro-gun policy. Yes, as he descended into hades, he met oodles of Hollywood celebrities, both living and dead, including [...]

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Black History Month – Camara Laye – African Writer

February 4, 2012

Camara Laye was an African writer from Guinea who passed away February 4, 1980, in Dakar, Senegal. He wrote his debut novel while in college which is loosely based on his childhood entitled The African Child (L’Enfant Noir). The Radiance of the King (Le Regard Du Roi) is considered to be one of the most [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Maria Carroll, author of Confessions of a Gold Digger: She’s the Woman You Want to Hate, but Can’t

February 3, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Lisa Maria Carroll, author of Confessions of a Gold Digger: She’s the Woman You Want to Hate, but Can’t (I Define Me, LLC) Confessions of a Gold Digger chronicles my dating life from a time when I was ready to throw in the towel because I thought [...]

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Black History Month – Aaron Douglas – Harlem Renaissance – American Painter

February 3, 2012

Aaron Douglas passed away February 3, 1979. He was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. When given the title of Father of African American Arts, he stated,  “Do not call me the Father of African American Arts, for I am just a son of Africa, and paint for what [...]

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… George Wier, author of The Last Call – A Bill Travis Mystery

February 3, 2012

JoeyPinkney.com Exclusive Interview 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… George Wier, author of The Last Call – A Bill Travis Mystery (Flagstone Books) The Last Call is the first in an action/adventure mystery series called The Bill Travis Mysteries. In this first book, Bill Travis – an investment counselor rapidly approaching his 40s – assists Julie [...]

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